Currently, Minnesota – like many other states — simply doesn’t have laws regulating the new online fantasy sports phenomenon. But lawmakers are taking a much closer look at the games.

The wildly popular fantasy sports online sites require fans to pay a fee for selecting teams made up of different players, and competing in daily and weekly games against other fans.

In Minnesota, it’s big business.

“We have almost a million Minnesotans that are playing fantasy sports right now,” said Rep. Tim Sanders (R-Blaine). “They are not breaking any law. They are not doing anything that the law says they can’t do.”

The Minnesota bill would limit online players to 18-years of age and older.

It also would ban employees of fantasy sports companies from playing, after a scandal made it appear some of the games were rigged.

Pat Kessler knows Minnesota politics. He's been on the beat longer than any other TV reporter in the Twin Cities, covering state government, politics, campaigns and conventions since 1984. Pat "pulls back the curtain" on what's happening in...